Sunday, September 13, 2009

Resort VS. Convention Hotels

Resort Hotel
- people visit for relaxation, recreation or entertainment
- example: golf, tennis, swimming, skiing, snowmobile, snow boarding, horseback riding, hiking, boating, fishing and canoeing facilities
- destination resort: medical and dental clinics, combination of many hotels, shops, restaurants, church service, fitness center, public library, museum, movie theatre
- For example: Whistler Resort, British Columbia, Canada

Convention Hotel
- caters to large groups, usually in the downtown area of major cities and can accommodate as many as 5000 guests
- high-tech conference areas with media centers - audio and video recoring capabilities
- in-house tv channels that can broadcast to all sleeping rooms and meeting facilities, satellite uplink and downlink capabilities for people who cannot attend the conference in person
- may have 3-6 person audiovisual staff (expert and highest quality)

1 comment:

  1. finally i found your blog..keep maintaining your posts. You have more to write this semester.

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